Owned by the Fae Princes
Good to know.
I scrubbed a hand over my face and felt a strange, flakiness across my fingers. I glanced down at my hand and stilled. Dark, red flakes were dotted across my palm. Dried blood. Standing on shaking legs, I made my way to the mirror. My nose had been bleeding, I realized, as I started at the mess of my reflection. A long line of dark blood had run from my nose, down over my lips, and even reached my throat. It had dried in nearly a perfect line until I’d smeared it all over. Rust-coloured scaly flakes now decorated my chin and cheeks.
Heading for the shower, I stopped dead in the hallway, as a cool breeze blew across my bare legs. Muted sunlight streamed past the cracks in the bl